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 Posted: Nov 19, 2013 16:45 Post subject: Mineralogische Kring Antwerpen (MKA) celebrates its 50th anniversary |
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Don't miss it! :
The "Mineralogische Kring Antwerpen (MKA)" celebrates this year its 50th anniversary.
On the occasion of this Golden Jubilee :
• a symposium was organized on 12th October on the "Mineralogy of Belgium", https://www.minerant.org/MKA50.html. Some impressions of this remarkable day : https://www.minerant.org/MKA/MKA50.html#videoC.
• a mineral exhibition "Minerals from Belgium and Congo" is running in the University of Antwerp, Groenenborgerlaan 171, Antwerp. Mo-Fr 10-17 till 13th December (closed Sa, Su)
• a special issue of the journal "Geonieuws" on the "Mineralogy of Belgium" is published . This issue is also available in English translation as a pdf-file. It can be freely downloaded from : https://www.minerant.org/mineralsbelgium.pdf. We wish you interesting reading !
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Ivan Blanco (PDM)
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Location: Antwerp, Belgium
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| Posted: Nov 28, 2013 15:38 Post subject: Re: Mineralogische Kring Antwerpen (MKA) celebrates its 50th anniversary |
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Hi all,
I begin today uploading some pics of the exhibition "MKA, 50 years young" of which Jordi spoke in the previous post. It displays belgian minerals and minerals of the former belgian colonies: Rwanda, Burundi and D.R. of Congo (especially the latter one).
The exhibition is composed of samples (collected personally in many cases) belonging to the following members of MKA: Raymond Dedeyne, Rik Dillen, Jef Leybaert, Cyriel Matthé, Ludo Van Goethem, Paul Van hee, Albert Vercammen, Renaud Vochten and Iván Blanco. The exhibition includes some historical specimens of the Koninklijk Belgisch Instituut voor Natuurwetenschappen Brussels, and the Musée National d'Histoire Naturelle du Luxembourg, whom we do thank for their cooperation.
As an "aperitif", here is an overview of the 17 display cases.
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Ivan Blanco (PDM)
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Location: Antwerp, Belgium
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| Posted: Nov 29, 2013 14:01 Post subject: Re: Mineralogische Kring Antwerpen (MKA) celebrates its 50th anniversary |
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Hi, here some pics of the first display case. Sorry for the quality of some photos.
To have an idea of the specimen's dimension, please consider that the labels are 64 mm wide (~2.5 inches).
Enjoy it!
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Aragonite, Calcite
Jemelle, Rochefort, Namur Province, Belgium
7 x 5 cm aprox.
This specimen is visible under UV ilumination on the previous photo (DC1_1). (Aragonite is yellow and calcite is red). |
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Baryte, Calcite
Lompret, Chimay, Hainaut Province, Belgium
15 x 10 cm aprox.
Although small baryte crystals of about 1cm have been found in Lompret during 2012 (left specimen), in may 2013 a great long pocket was open, and this specimen to the right is just an example. |
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Ardennite-(As), Quartz
Salmchâteau (Type Locality), Vielsalm, Luxembourg Province, Belgium
25 x 15 cm aprox.
This Ardennite-(As) specimen is one of the best known from the type locality. |
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Ardennite-(As), Quartz
Salmchâteau (Type Locality), Vielsalm, Luxembourg Province, Belgium
15 x 10 cm aprox. |
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Dolomite
Namêche, Andenne, Namur Province, Belgium |
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Dolomite
Namêche, Andenne, Namur Province, Belgium
3 x 3 cm aprox.
A nice "saddle" dolomite. |
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Dolomite, Chalcopyrite
Herstal, Liège Province, Belgium
9 x 7 cm aprox. |
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Dolomite
Herstal, Liège Province, Belgium
11 x 4 cm aprox. |
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Dolomite, Calcite, Quartz
Herstal, Liège Province, Belgium
6 x 5 cm aprox. |
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Celestine, Calcite
Wellin, Luxembourg Province, Belgium
15 x 8 cm aprox. |
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| This is the first MKA's account book of 1963. |
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| First pagina of the MKA member's list in 1973 |
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Ivan Blanco (PDM)
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Posts: 33
Location: Antwerp, Belgium
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| Posted: Dec 01, 2013 17:08 Post subject: Re: Mineralogische Kring Antwerpen (MKA) celebrates its 50th anniversary |
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Hi all,
Let's go further with the second display case.
I just remind you that labels are 64 mm wide (~2.5 inches).
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Destinezite
Argenteau (Type Locality), Visé, Liège Province, Belgium
12 x 10 cm aprox.
Destinezite microcrystals in a brain-like concretion. |
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Galene, Calcite
Villers-en-Fagne, Philippeville, Namur Province, Belgium
13 x 10 cm aprox. |
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Galena
Herbeumont, Luxembourg Province, Belgium
15 x 6 cm aprox. |
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Galena
Herbeumont, Luxembourg Province, Belgium
15 x 6 cm aprox.
Detail of the previous picture |
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Crandallite
Blaton, Mons, Hainaut Province, Belgium
5 x 5 cm aprox. |
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Fluorite, Calcite, Baryte
Lavaux-Sainte-Anne, Rochefort, Namur Province, Belgium
22 x 15 cm aprox. |
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Hydrozincite
Dumps of Vieille Montagne, Moresnet, Kelmis, Liège Province, Belgium
15 x 10 cm aprox.
White acicular crystals of hydrozincite grown in the mine dumps between chuncks and rocks such as this piece of crucible. |
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Fluorite
Gimnée, Philippeville, Namur Province, Belgium
12 x 10 cm aprox.
Rough purple fluorite crystals showing cube, octahedron, and rhombic dodecahedron faces. |
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"Schalenblende"
La Calamine, Moresnet, Kelmis, Liège Province, Belgium
17 x 7 cm aprox.
Cut and polished slice |
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"Schalenblende"
La Calamine, Moresnet, Kelmis, Liège Province, Belgium
17 x 7 cm aprox.
Detail of the cut and polished slice |
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Millerite, Dolomite
Houthalen, Limburg Province, Belgium
10 x 8 cm aprox. |
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Millerite, Dolomite
Houthalen, Limburg Province, Belgium
10 x 8 cm aprox.
Detail of the previous picture |
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Ivan Blanco (PDM)
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Location: Antwerp, Belgium
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| Posted: Dec 01, 2013 17:28 Post subject: Re: Mineralogische Kring Antwerpen (MKA) celebrates its 50th anniversary |
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We continue further in the second display case...
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Calcite
Schelle, Hemiksem, Antwerp Province, Belgium
6 x 5 cm aprox.
In the clay pits arround the city of Antwerp calcite-filled septarian concretions may reach 1.2 meters in diameter, and are commonly found in the range of 30 to 50 cm in diameter. |
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Smoky Quartz
Richelle, Visé, Liège Province, Belgium
18 x 10 cm aprox. |
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Pyrite, Calcite
Daman Clay Pit, Schelle, Hemiksem, Antwerp Province, Belgium
8 x 6 cm aprox.
Pyrite is another classical mineral found in the septarian concretions arround Antwerp. |
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Hematite
Frassem, Arlon, Luxembourg Province, Belgium
10 x 7 cm aprox. |
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Fluorite
Doische, Philippeville, Namur Province, Belgium
28 x 25 cm aprox. |
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Dolomite after calcite
Beez, Namur, Namur Province, Belgium
40 x 35 cm aprox. |
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Ivan Blanco (PDM)
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Location: Antwerp, Belgium
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| Posted: Dec 02, 2013 14:00 Post subject: Re: Mineralogische Kring Antwerpen (MKA) celebrates its 50th anniversary |
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Today I upload the display case N°3
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Smithsonite
La Calamine, Moresnet, Kelmis, Liège Province, Belgium
22 x 12 cm aprox.
One of the best known specimens of smithsonite (if not the best) from "La Calamine".
The mine was abandoned and flooded in 1884, so all the pieces in the collections are from the nineteenth century.
This one was in the collection of Henri Buttgenbach, Professor of Mineralogy, Crystallography and Petrology of the University of Liege in the first quarter of the twentieth century. |
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Smithsonite
La Calamine, Moresnet, Kelmis, Liège Province, Belgium
8 x 6 cm aprox. |
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Wavelite
Haut-le-Wastia, Anhée, Namur Province, Belgium
8 x 5 cm aprox. |
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Minyulite
Richelle, Visé, Liège Province, Belgium
8 x 6 cm aprox. |
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Smithsonite (blue)
Moresnet, Kelmis, Liège Province, Belgium
15 x 5 cm aprox.
This is one of the few preserved specimens of blue smithsonite from Moresnet, showing beautiful rice-like crystals. |
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Smithsonite
Welkenraedt, Verviers, Liège Province, Belgium
7 x 5 cm aprox. |
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Hemimorphite
Moresnet, Kelmis, Liège Province, Belgium
10 x 10 cm aprox.
Transparent hemimorphic crystals of hemimorphite to 1 cm, another historical specimen. |
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Willemite
Moresnet (Type Locality), Kelmis, Liège Province, Belgium
7 x 5 cm aprox.
Classical orange willemite from the type locality. |
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Romanechite
Bihain, Vielsalm, Stavelot Massif, Luxembourg Province, Belgium
20 x 8 cm aprox. |
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Turquoise, Quartz
Salmchâteau, Vielsalm, Luxembourg Province, Belgium
8 x 8 cm aprox. |
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Rhodochrosite
Lienne valley, Stavelot Massif, Liège Province, Belgium
15 x 5 cm aprox. |
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Rhodochrosite
Moët-Fontaine, Rahier, Stoumont, Lienne valley, Stavelot Massif, Liège Province, Belgium
10 x 6 cm aprox.
Cut and polished specimen |
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Vantasselite
Bihain (Type Locality), Vielsalm, Stavelot Massif, Luxembourg Province, Belgium
24 x 10 cm aprox.
Silky white rosettes of Vantasselite on slate.
The species was named after Professor René Van Tassel, member of MKA, who sadly passed away in March this year. The MKA honours his memory by showing some pieces of his collection in this exhibition. |
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| Book "Minerals of Belgium" |
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Ivan Blanco (PDM)
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Location: Antwerp, Belgium
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| Posted: Dec 04, 2013 17:07 Post subject: Re: Mineralogische Kring Antwerpen (MKA) celebrates its 50th anniversary |
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Hi,
the display case No. 4 is dedicated to the quarry located near Mont-sur-Marchienne, which has produced calcites with a great variety of crystal habits and combinations of forms. Twinned calcites are one of the identity signs of this quarry, which is already history.
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| The number 42 (November-December 2002) of the journal "Le Règne Minéral" devotes a full article to this quarry. The specimen of the cover is shown in this case. |
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Calcite
Pont-à-Nôle quarry, Mont-sur-Marchienne, Charleroi, Hainaut Province, Belgium
Twinned specimens where the scalenohedron is the main form. |
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Calcite
Pont-à-Nôle quarry, Mont-sur-Marchienne, Charleroi, Hainaut Province, Belgium
22 x 15 cm aprox.
Specimen of the cover of "Le Règne Minéral" N°42. |
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Calcite
Pont-à-Nôle quarry, Mont-sur-Marchienne, Charleroi, Hainaut Province, Belgium
8 x 8 cm aprox.
Scalenohedral calcite crystals developing a second calcite generation. |
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Calcite
Pont-à-Nôle quarry, Mont-sur-Marchienne, Charleroi, Hainaut Province, Belgium
11 x 11 cm aprox.
Calcite crystals formed by obtuse rhombohedron with less developed faces of hexagonal prism, twinned according to [00.1]. |
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Calcite
Pont-à-Nôle quarry, Mont-sur-Marchienne, Charleroi, Hainaut Province, Belgium
18 x 7 cm aprox.
Twinned scalenohedral calcite (prismatic development) regrowth by a second generation of yellowish calcite. |
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Calcite
Pont-à-Nôle quarry, Mont-sur-Marchienne, Charleroi, Hainaut Province, Belgium
8 x 7 cm aprox.
Twinned calcite |
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Calcite
Pont-à-Nôle quarry, Mont-sur-Marchienne, Charleroi, Hainaut Province, Belgium
Twinned calcite crystals |
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Calcite
Pont-à-Nôle quarry, Mont-sur-Marchienne, Charleroi, Hainaut Province, Belgium
8 x 8 cm aprox.
Twinned crystals on (00.1) |
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Calcite
Pont-à-Nôle quarry, Mont-sur-Marchienne, Charleroi, Hainaut Province, Belgium
9 x 4 cm aprox.
Twinned scalenohedral crystals with prismatic development, forming a "closed twin", known as "Pope's mitre" |
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Quartz, Calcite
Pont-à-Nôle quarry, Mont-sur-Marchienne, Charleroi, Hainaut Province, Belgium
5 x 4 cm aprox.
Quartz crystals lining a cavity and epimorphic on calcite |
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Quartz
Pont-à-Nôle quarry, Mont-sur-Marchienne, Charleroi, Hainaut Province, Belgium
5 x 6 cm aprox. |
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Calcite
Pont-à-Nôle quarry, Mont-sur-Marchienne, Charleroi, Hainaut Province, Belgium
26 x 14 cm aprox. |
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Calcite
Pont-à-Nôle quarry, Mont-sur-Marchienne, Charleroi, Hainaut Province, Belgium
18 x 18 cm aprox. |
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Ivan Blanco (PDM)
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Location: Antwerp, Belgium
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| Posted: Dec 06, 2013 15:10 Post subject: Re: Mineralogische Kring Antwerpen (MKA) celebrates its 50th anniversary |
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Goodnight,
Specimens of calcite from the quarries of Beez, Solvay (Couillet) and Biesmerée are shown in the display case N° 5. Some of them were collected in the decades of the 60's and 70's of the past century.
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Calcite
Beez, Namur, Namur Province, Belgium
9 x 9 cm aprox. |
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Calcite
Beez, Namur, Namur Province, Belgium
12 x 6 cm aprox. |
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Calcite
Beez, Namur, Namur Province, Belgium
10 x 6 cm aprox. |
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Calcite
Biesmerée, Mettet, Namur Province, Belgium
15 x 15 cm aprox. |
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Calcite
Biesmerée, Mettet, Namur Province, Belgium
5 x 2 cm aprox. |
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Calcite
Biesmerée, Mettet, Namur Province, Belgium
9 x 3 cm aprox. |
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Calcite
Biesmerée, Mettet, Namur Province, Belgium
15 x 13 cm aprox. |
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Calcite
Solvay quarry, Couillet, Charleroi, Hainaut Province, Belgium
18 x 15 cm aprox. |
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Calcite
Couillet, Charleroi, Hainaut Province, Belgium
12 x 15 cm aprox. |
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Calcite
Beez, Namur, Namur Province, Belgium
24 x 15 cm aprox. |
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Calcite
Biesmerée, Mettet, Namur Province, Belgium
25 x 13 cm aprox. |
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Ivan Blanco (PDM)
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Location: Antwerp, Belgium
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| Posted: Jan 27, 2014 04:24 Post subject: Re: Mineralogische Kring Antwerpen (MKA) celebrates its 50th anniversary |
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Hi,
Let’s continue travelling across the world of Belgian calcites with the display case N°6, where representative specimens from Leffe, Rhisnes, Bioul, Chokier, Namèche, Couillet (Solvay), Landelies, Resteigne and Loverval are shown. Again some of them were collected in the decades of the 60's and 70's of the past century, even in the 19th century.
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Calcite
Leffe, Dinant, Namur Province, Belgium
14 x 10 cm aprox. |
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Calcite (Twinned)
Leffe, Dinant, Namur Province, Belgium
10 x 9 cm aprox. |
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Calcite (Twinned)
Leffe, Dinant, Namur Province, Belgium
13 x 12 cm aprox. |
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35729 Time(s) |
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Calcite
Bioul, Anhée, Namur Province, Belgium
12 x 12 cm aprox. |
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35715 Time(s) |
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Calcite
Chokier, Flemalle, Liège Province, Belgium
17 x 15 cm aprox. |
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Calcite
Rhisnes, Namur, Namur Province, Belgium
2 x 2 cm aprox.
Calcite with handwritten label and indexed faces by Dr. Giuseppe Cesàro (1849-1939), Professor of Crystallography and Mineralogy, University of Liege, who first described the fraipontite. Buttgenbach & Gillet honored him by naming cesarolite a new discovered species. |
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Calcite
Rhisnes, Namur, Namur Province, Belgium
22 x 6 cm aprox. |
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35677 Time(s) |
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Calcite
Couillet, Charleroi, Hainaut Province, Belgium
10 x 7 cm aprox. |
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35677 Time(s) |
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Calcite
Namêche, Andenne, Namur Province, Belgium
6 x 5 cm aprox. |
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35711 Time(s) |
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Ivan Blanco (PDM)
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Location: Antwerp, Belgium
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| Posted: Jan 27, 2014 04:28 Post subject: Re: Mineralogische Kring Antwerpen (MKA) celebrates its 50th anniversary |
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and here are the last three of the 5th show case.
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Calcite (Twinned)
Landelies, Montigny-le-Tilleul, Hainaut Province, Belgium
9 x 5 cm aprox.
The "twinned triangles" are one of the hallmarks of this quarry. |
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35628 Time(s) |
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Calcite
Resteigne, Tellin, Luxembourg Province, Belgium
15 x 12 cm aprox. |
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35624 Time(s) |
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Calcite
Loverval, Gerpinnes, Hainaut Province, Belgium
30 x 20 cm aprox.
The specimen to the left is from:
Loverval, Gerpinnes, Hainaut Province, Belgium
while the sample to the right is from :
Landelies, Montigny-le-Tilleul, Hainaut Province, Belgium (18 x 18 cm aprox.) |
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Peter
Joined: 16 Jan 2009
Posts: 346
Location: Sweden / Luxembourg
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| Posted: Jan 27, 2014 08:24 Post subject: Re: Mineralogische Kring Antwerpen (MKA) celebrates its 50th anniversary |
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Congratulations to 50 years! Just when I started to collect myself. Sorry I missed your besautiful exhibit but thank you for posting here.
This specimen:
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Description: Hematite
Frassem, Arlon, Luxembourg Province, Belgium
10 x 7 cm aprox.
Should it be magnetite or hematite pseudomorph after Magnetite?
Best regards
Peter
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Ivan Blanco (PDM)
Joined: 14 Apr 2012
Posts: 33
Location: Antwerp, Belgium
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| Posted: Jan 28, 2014 14:10 Post subject: Re: Mineralogische Kring Antwerpen (MKA) celebrates its 50th anniversary |
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Hi,
The display case N°7 shows specimens from multi coloured fluorites, marcasite and Schalenblende from Seilles and quartz from Walhain.
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35398 Time(s) |
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| Description: |
Fluorite
Boltry quarry, Seilles, Andenne, Namur Province, Belgium
5 x 5 cm aprox.
Octahedron |
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35391 Time(s) |
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| Description: |
Fluorite
Boltry quarry, Seilles, Andenne, Namur Province, Belgium
5 x 5 cm aprox.
Bicoloured octahedron |
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35358 Time(s) |
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| Description: |
Fluorite
Boltry quarry, Seilles, Andenne, Namur Province, Belgium
9 x 6 cm aprox. |
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| Viewed: |
35362 Time(s) |
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| Description: |
Fluorite
Boltry quarry, Seilles, Andenne, Namur Province, Belgium
5 x 4 cm aprox. |
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| Viewed: |
35346 Time(s) |
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| Description: |
Marcasite, Galena, Schalenblende
Cimetière quarry, Seilles, Andenne, Namur Province, Belgium
22 x 10 cm aprox. |
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35364 Time(s) |
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| Description: |
Marcasite, Galena, Schalenblende
Cimetière quarry, Seilles, Andenne, Namur Province, Belgium
22 x 10 cm aprox. |
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35436 Time(s) |
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Ivan Blanco (PDM)
Joined: 14 Apr 2012
Posts: 33
Location: Antwerp, Belgium
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| Posted: Jan 28, 2014 14:16 Post subject: Re: Mineralogische Kring Antwerpen (MKA) celebrates its 50th anniversary |
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....and now the lower part of the display case N°7:
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Fluorites
Boltry quarry, Seilles, Andenne, Namur Province, Belgium |
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35361 Time(s) |
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| Description: |
Fluorite
Boltry quarry, Seilles, Andenne, Namur Province, Belgium
2 x 2 cm aprox.
Cleavage octahedron and cut fluorite |
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35327 Time(s) |
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| Description: |
Fluorite
Boltry quarry, Seilles, Andenne, Namur Province, Belgium
2 x 2 cm aprox.
Cleavage octahedron and cut fluorite |
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35395 Time(s) |
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| Description: |
Fluorite
Boltry quarry, Seilles, Andenne, Namur Province, Belgium
2 x 2 cm aprox.
Cleavage octahedron and cut fluorite |
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35336 Time(s) |
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| Description: |
Fluorite
Boltry quarry, Seilles, Andenne, Namur Province, Belgium
2 x 2 cm aprox.
Cleavage octahedron and cut fluorite |
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35304 Time(s) |
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| Description: |
Fluorite
Boltry quarry, Seilles, Andenne, Namur Province, Belgium
2 x 2 cm aprox.
Cleavage octahedron and cut fluorite |
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35348 Time(s) |
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| Description: |
Quartz
Nil-St Vincent-St Martin, Walhain, Walloon Brabant Province, Belgium
40 x 20 cm aprox.
This is an historic quartz specimen, added in 1946 to the collection of Professor René Van Tassel (1916-2013) |
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35326 Time(s) |
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| Crystallographic study of quartz from Nil-Saint-Vincent, by D. Vanhove, published in 1899. |
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35357 Time(s) |
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Ivan Blanco (PDM)
Joined: 14 Apr 2012
Posts: 33
Location: Antwerp, Belgium
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| Posted: Jan 29, 2014 15:46 Post subject: Re: Mineralogische Kring Antwerpen (MKA) celebrates its 50th anniversary |
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Hi,
The N°8 displays groups of gypsum crystals from Betekom and Niel, sulphides from Seilles and a quartz from Bierghes.
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35239 Time(s) |
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Gypsum (twinned)
Betekom, Begijnendijk, Flemish Brabant Province, Belgium
12 x 10 cm aprox. |
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35247 Time(s) |
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Gypsum (twinned)
Betekom, Begijnendijk, Flemish Brabant Province, Belgium
7 x 7 cm aprox. |
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35261 Time(s) |
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Gypsum (twinned)
Betekom, Begijnendijk, Flemish Brabant Province, Belgium
15 x 11 cm aprox. |
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35258 Time(s) |
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35196 Time(s) |
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Bucket excavator in operation at Betekom in 1972. Photo © Rik Dillen.
Betekom, Begijnendijk, Flemish Brabant Province, Belgium
Bucket excavators are currectly in use in other clay pits extracting the same Oligocene Boom clay Formation. |
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35234 Time(s) |
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| Description: |
Gypsum (twinned)
Betekom, Begijnendijk, Flemish Brabant Province, Belgium
14 x 10 cm aprox. |
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35234 Time(s) |
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Gypsum (twinned)
Betekom, Begijnendijk, Flemish Brabant Province, Belgium
16 x 9 cm aprox. |
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35229 Time(s) |
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Gypsum (twinned)
Niel, Antwerp, Antwerp Province, Belgium
3 x 3 cm aprox. |
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35264 Time(s) |
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Ivan Blanco (PDM)
Joined: 14 Apr 2012
Posts: 33
Location: Antwerp, Belgium
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| Posted: Jan 29, 2014 15:50 Post subject: Re: Mineralogische Kring Antwerpen (MKA) celebrates its 50th anniversary |
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.....sulphides from Seilles and a quartz from Bierghes.
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Galena on Schalenblende
Cimetière quarry, Seilles, Andenne, Namur Province, Belgium
12 x 10 cm aprox. |
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35242 Time(s) |
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| Description: |
Galena on Schalenblende
Cimetière quarry, Seilles, Andenne, Namur Province, Belgium
7 x 5 cm aprox. |
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35251 Time(s) |
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| Description: |
Marcasite, Calcite on Schalenblende
Cimetière quarry, Seilles, Andenne, Namur Province, Belgium
14 x 8 cm aprox. |
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35224 Time(s) |
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| Description: |
Galena, Calcite, Schalenblende
Cimetière quarry, Seilles, Andenne, Namur Province, Belgium
10 x 10 cm aprox. |
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35359 Time(s) |
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| Description: |
Marcasite, Calcite
Cimetière quarry, Seilles, Andenne, Namur Province, Belgium
15 x 15 cm aprox. |
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35255 Time(s) |
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| Description: |
Quartz, "Chlorite"
Porphyry quarry, Bierghes, Rebecq, Walloon Brabant Province, Belgium
40 x 20 cm aprox.
The sample is from the recent finds in 2010-2012. |
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35253 Time(s) |
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Ivan Blanco (PDM)
Joined: 14 Apr 2012
Posts: 33
Location: Antwerp, Belgium
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| Posted: Feb 05, 2014 15:41 Post subject: Re: Mineralogische Kring Antwerpen (MKA) celebrates its 50th anniversary |
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Today we conclude this "fast tour" through Belgium with the showcase 9. Then we will continue with the former Belgian colonies: D.R.Congo, Rwanda and Burundi.
The display case N ° 9 is basically dedicated to the porphyry quarry of Quenast, one of the largest quarries in Europe. Quenast has been and continues to be –together with other nearby quarries such as Bierghes- the primary source of porphyry rocks for construction in Belgium and the north of France.
The porphyry rocks in this area of the Silurian period (about 435 million years ago), formed during the Caledonian orogeny, in a subvolcanic environment associated with a subduction zone (Gondwana subducted under Avalonia).
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Epidote, Calcite
Porphyry Quarry, Quenast, Rebecq, Walloon Brabant Province, Belgium
9 x 9 cm aprox. |
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34989 Time(s) |
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| Description: |
Epidote, « kaolinite »
Porphyry Quarry, Quenast, Rebecq, Walloon Brabant Province, Belgium
15 x 10 cm aprox. |
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34988 Time(s) |
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| Description: |
Epidote, Calcite
Porphyry Quarry, Quenast, Rebecq, Walloon Brabant Province, Belgium
5 x 4 cm aprox. |
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35017 Time(s) |
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Epidote
Porphyry Quarry, Quenast, Rebecq, Walloon Brabant Province, Belgium
17 x 10 cm aprox.
This is one of the best known epidote specimens from Quenast, with crystals bigger than 3cm. |
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34966 Time(s) |
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Epidote
Porphyry Quarry, Quenast, Rebecq, Walloon Brabant Province, Belgium
17 x 10 cm aprox.
The same specimen of the previus picture, viewed from the other side of the case. |
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34969 Time(s) |
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Calcite
Porphyry Quarry, Quenast, Rebecq, Walloon Brabant Province, Belgium
12 x 7 cm aprox. |
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34992 Time(s) |
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| Description: |
Orthoclase, Calcite
Porphyry Quarry, Quenast, Rebecq, Walloon Brabant Province, Belgium
7 x 6 cm aprox. |
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34997 Time(s) |
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Oolitic Hematite
Porphyry Quarry, Quenast, Rebecq, Walloon Brabant Province, Belgium
7 x 6 cm aprox. |
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34983 Time(s) |
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Pyrite
Porphyry Quarry, Quenast, Rebecq, Walloon Brabant Province, Belgium
6 x 5 cm aprox. |
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35002 Time(s) |
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Gypsum
Porphyry Quarry, Quenast, Rebecq, Walloon Brabant Province, Belgium
10 x 10 cm aprox.
Dynamite cartridge with neoformed acicular crystals of gypsum. |
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34976 Time(s) |
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Quartz, Epidote, Tourmaline
Porphyry Quarry, Quenast, Rebecq, Walloon Brabant Province, Belgium
7 x 5 cm aprox. |
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34996 Time(s) |
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Quartz
Porphyry Quarry, Bierghes, Rebecq, Walloon Brabant Province, Belgium
65 x 50 cm aprox.
The sample is from the recent finds 2010-2012. |
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34972 Time(s) |
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Ivan Blanco (PDM)
Joined: 14 Apr 2012
Posts: 33
Location: Antwerp, Belgium
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| Posted: Feb 11, 2014 17:13 Post subject: Re: Mineralogische Kring Antwerpen (MKA) celebrates its 50th anniversary |
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Let’s go today with the showcase N°10, the first one dedicated to the Democratic Republic of Congo (Ex. Belgian Congo; Ex. Zaire).
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34813 Time(s) |
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Mineral export document, which reads:
"Union Minière du Haut Katanga (UMHK), Congolese LLCs, located in Elizabethville, represented by Mr. Gerard Assoignon and Giullieme Derriks, deputy directors, hereby authorize the possession, exportation from the Belgian Congo and import to Belgium of the following minerals from their mines, by Mr. Van EE (should read Van Hee), Customs Inspector at Leopoldville:
- 1 specimen of Siegenite from Shinkolobwe
- 1 specimen of Dioptase from Tantara
- 1 specimen of Asbolane from Kabolela
- 1 specimen of native Copper from Kambove
- 1 specimen of crystallized Baryte on Malachite from Shangulowe
Elizabethville, April 30, 1956 |
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34792 Time(s) |
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Copper
Kambove, Katanga, D.R.Congo
9 x 4 cm aprox.
(Specimen mentioned in the previous letter) |
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34778 Time(s) |
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Baryte, Malachite
Shangulowe Mine, Kambove, Katanga, D.R.Congo
8 x 4 cm aprox.
(Specimen mentioned in the previous letter) |
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34835 Time(s) |
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Dioptase
Tantara Mine, Shinkolobwe, Katanga, D.R.Congo
9 x 8 cm aprox.
(Specimen mentioned in the previous letter)
My apologies for the horrible bluish color of this “green beauty”. |
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34823 Time(s) |
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Diamond
Kasai, D.R.Congo
0.9 x 0.9 cm aprox. |
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34803 Time(s) |
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Gold
Kivu, D.R.Congo
Box is 3 x 3 cm |
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34799 Time(s) |
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34822 Time(s) |
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“Tantalite“
Elota, Kivu, D.R.Congo
9 x 9 cm aprox. |
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34858 Time(s) |
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| Description: |
“Columbite“
Mapembe, D.R.Congo
6 x 4 cm aprox. |
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34817 Time(s) |
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| Description: |
“Wolframite“, Quartz
Eteatu, Maniema, D.R.Congo
10 x 7 cm aprox. |
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34826 Time(s) |
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Ivan Blanco (PDM)
Joined: 14 Apr 2012
Posts: 33
Location: Antwerp, Belgium
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| Posted: Feb 11, 2014 17:20 Post subject: Re: Mineralogische Kring Antwerpen (MKA) celebrates its 50th anniversary |
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Now the rest of the showcase N° 10...
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Gold dust
The glass tube is about 9 cm long, containing 0.2 g.
This gold dust was in the collection of Jean Soudan (BE), which was sent with the army to the Belgian Congo in 1960 to maintain order after the declaration of independence. The curiosity is that this gold powder was exchanged to the local people by cigarettes. |
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34787 Time(s) |
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Hydropyrochlor
Lueshe Mine, Kivu, D.R.Congo (Type Locality)
Bigger crystal: 0.6 x 0.6 cm. |
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34820 Time(s) |
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Lueshite
Lueshe Mine, Kivu, D.R.Congo (Type Locality)
1 x 1 cm. |
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34855 Time(s) |
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| Description: |
Corundum (Sapphire)
Bolobole Mine, Kivu, D.R.Congo
Boxes are 3 x 3 cm |
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34883 Time(s) |
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Bismut
Maya-Moto, Kivu, D.R.Congo
5 x 5 cm aprox. |
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34851 Time(s) |
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Diamond
Kasai, D.R. Congo
Box is 3 x 3 cm |
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34828 Time(s) |
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| Description: |
Mottramite
Toni, Mbanza-Mguru, Lower Congo, D.R.Congo
6 x 5 cm aprox. |
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34816 Time(s) |
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Anglesite
Mbanza-Mguru, Lower Congo, D.R.Congo
9 x 8 cm aprox. |
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34797 Time(s) |
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Malachite
Kolwezi, Katanga, D.R.Congo
30 x 30 cm aprox. |
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34829 Time(s) |
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| Description: |
| "Participation" (share) in the gold mines of Kilo-Moto, dated in 1944. |
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34823 Time(s) |
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The Stone of Yellala
"Written" in 1485 by Diego Cao, a Portuguese explorer. It is the first trace of the arrival of Europeans in these territories. The boy in shorts is Paul Van Hee, current president of our Mineral Club (MKA), photographed at the Stone of Yellala
in 1956. |
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34964 Time(s) |
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